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Date:      Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:16:16 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Paolo Di Francesco <paipai@tin.it>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again
Message-ID:  <19981128121616.A6182@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981128012205.LVE21309.fep01-svc@winworkstation>; from Paolo Di Francesco on Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 02:24:27AM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811271322230.96971-100000@ender.sf.scient.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811271655490.1605-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> <19981128012205.LVE21309.fep01-svc@winworkstation>

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On Saturday, 28 November 1998 at  2:24:27 +0000, Paolo Di Francesco wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote (I think):
>> I'm also wondering about doing a build under sparc (via solaris 7) but i
>> don't think this is viable, do you think that using UltraP for a compiler
>> platform is a bad idea?
>
> I don't know if we can use (or someone is using) a crosscompiler. So if we have
> no crosscompiler (possibly under i386) I think that is the _only_ way to build
> a kernel. But you have to use Solaris/UltraSparc and compile on it.

Using a cross-compiler is easy.  How are you going to run the kernel
if you don't have the hardware?

Greg
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